slock

English

Etymology 1

Cognate with German Schluck (a draught; a gulp), Dutch slok (a draught; a gulp).

Noun

slock (plural slocks)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A draught; a gulp.
    A slock of wine.
    • 1935, Howard Lindsay, She Loves Me Not: A Comedy in Two Acts: Dramatized from Edward Hope’s Novel, French’s standard library edition, New York, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Calif.: Samuel French, Inc., OCLC 2488929, Act I, scene II.B, page 15:
      Nothing like a slock of cake on a chilly evening, is there?

Verb

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) To swallow, gulp.
References

Etymology 2

Blend of sock + lock

Noun

slock (plural slocks)

  1. An improvised weapon consisting of a padlock placed in a sock, common in prison environments.

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